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The '''Wii Remote''' is the Wii's primary controller. Many development revisions of it exist, and its development history is one of the most well-known parts of the Wii's overall development history, starting out as a project separate from the Wii itself.

The '''Wii Remote''' is the Wii's primary controller. Many development revisions of it exist, and its development history is one of the most well-known parts of the Wii's overall development history, starting out as a project separate from the Wii itself.

[[File:V09Sample74.png|thumb|200px|right|One of the two released images of the V-09. Front view.]]

[[File:V09Sample74.png|thumb|200px|right|One of the two released images of the V-09. Front view.]]

The V-09 is the earliest Wii Remote revision which is known to have been in the possession of private collectors. It is unknown exactly when it was created or distributed to third-party developers, but it is most likely one of the earliest Wii Remote revisions distributed to third parties based on its physical appearance. The V-09 which was obtained by a private collector is marked as "Sample 74", indicating that these were likely produced in very small quantities.  

The V-09 is a prototype controller device for the GameCube; specifically early [[DDH|Dolphin Development Hardware]] units, due to the RJ-45 connector. It may be an early Wii Remote prototype, which if so would make it the earliest prototype known to exist. It has a very different appearance from other Nintendo hardware, and no board photos are available to indicate who designed it, so it's unclear if Nintendo actually made it or if it was produced by another GameCube developer licensee.

The V-09 uses RJ45 jacks to connect to a console, and as such, it is only compatible with [[Dolphin Development Hardware]] models which have this type of controller input. Since later DDH units have controller inputs identical to those found on a retail GameCube, this may indicate that this controller model is extremely old, possibly predating many of the other concepts for the Wii Remote which have been shown publicly. There are rumors that Nintendo distributed motion controller prototypes to third party studios such as Factor 5 years before work was begun on the Wii, and due to the V-09's connector style and prototypical appearance, it is possible that this is a controller model from that era which was distributed to Nintendo's top third-party partners for evaluation purposes.

There are rumours that Factor 5 tested prototype motion controllers with their early GameCube titles during development. This would line up with this controller having a connector for early (1999-2001 or so) DDH units.

=== Dev Tool/UI Tool Version 1 ===

=== Dev Tool/UI Tool Version 1 ===

* Dev Tool V3.1

* Dev Tool V3.1

* Dev Tool V4 (black remote similar to final but with cosmetic changes)

* Dev Tool V4 (black remote similar to final but with cosmetic changes. Has pause and select (represented by an arrow) buttons instead of +/-. It's the only piece of prototype Wii hardware which is somewhat common, having appeared multiple times on eBay and Yahoo Japan; it's possible that unlike most prototype hardware, Nintendo didn't ask for these back.)

* RD3 (seemingly identical to final except for technical changes)

* RD3 (seemingly identical to final except for technical changes)